The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-16
Observers Observations.

Observers 8 Observat1Ous.
This is the time of year to trim your grape
vines.
Hen fruit is selling at the low price of ten
cents per dozen.
Miss Dora Webb is playing "Who will care
for Mother now?" on one of Bill Branch's
pianos.
H. h. Halsted only has fifteen ewes and
has eighteen lively. kicking young lambs
from them.
We never saw so many people and so
many squealing horses in town as we saw
last Saturday.
Parker Orr, nephew of Robert Orr, was
out on short visit last week from Aurelius.
Ingham county.
Henry and Martin Hinckley, sons of Mrs.
Smith Hinckley, have gone 10 Kansas TO
work on a farm.
Those correspondents who are ''liitle off,
sometimes and, like us, inclined TO be little
lazy, are not always reliable.
Lynn Hayes and wife have moved to Bris-
tol, Dakota. where Lynn will work piece
OF land belonging to a Mr. Wiidey.
Mrs. John Russell and daughter of Union
vile. who have been visiting here for the
past few weeks, have returned home.
Mrs. Cora Page-she that was Miss Cora
Or-lost her little girl one day last week
from diphtheria. She lives at Breedsvlle.
Miss Efie Galigan has been confined to
her little room for the past week with very
bad throat, but is now better. DR.. Russell
had her III charge.
Henry Young, our imported friend is do
ing lots of horse clipping this spring. Henry
is quite an equine barber; he barbered one
for Us the other day.
This IS the greatest moving month of
the season, We see lots of il going on every
day. Among them we noticed Wilson Lee
moving back on his farm.
Amos T. Hall has named his kentucky
! colt "Winewood." Mr.. Hall is good tenn
perance man and we think it would have
been more appropriate TO have called him
Waterwood' instead.
Gene Salisbury is travelling through the
country "a life insurance agent and is do
ing large and profitable business in that
line All you who don't want TO die had
better make arrangements with Gene.
Ben Wilkes had an artist come over from
Chicago few days ago to take his photo
while running in his paddock, and he feels
so proud of IL that he will have "a lot of them
struck off and hung up in all the blacksmith
shops and livery barns in town. Ben is quite
high toned and paid thirty dollars for the
original picture.
G. II. Larooy, a noted groom of School
craft is out here fitting Jim Lane tor the
spring and summer campaigns. He will be
driven by c. II. Davey, noted driver of
! Dowagiac. Jim knocked them all out in the
three minute class at Dowagiac last fall.
where be got record of 2:39li He is
booked for 2;25 this season and Mr.. ID. will
probably get him there IN good shape.
Casey was Jim's groom last season and will
be with him this: there is no better groom
on the turf.
4 Waverly man who was in town the other
day bought young calf. tied il in the hind
end of his wagon, filed up with corn Juice
and started for home. When out about six
miles, he WAS ovortaken by one of his neigh
bors, who saw that the calf had jumped ont
of the wagon and hung ITSELF aud the
| Waverly man had dragged it some four or
five miles without noticing it. As he passed
the w. m. he said. "You have nice calf
there" Eyes. IL IS full blood Jersey:
bought IL for the old woman to make a cow
of, as sue Is stuck or Jerseys; and won't the
old gal smile when she sees me coming with
it?' She probably smole.
The other day young ex-drug-grocery
clerk, polo player and musician was going
into town. When about two miles out, he
passed the walkist, Mrs. Jones, and forgot to
ask her 60 ride. After he had got by some
little distance. she concluded she would show
him'that she had little speed left 80 sho
began to unravel il and soon overlook the
young blood. who was in a delivery wagon
and, after letting down the end board.
jumped i'll and enjoyed herself hearing him
moan over the loss of his best girl, who, it
appears, had learned 10 love another, until
he reached the postoffice, where she jumped
out and thanked him kindly. which was the
first he knew that she was riding with him.
IL is safe to say that he was astonished, and
probably wondered if she heard what hc was
weeping and wailing about